House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To suspend temporarily the duty on Methyl 2-[(4-methyl-5-oxo-3-propoxy-4,5-dihydro-[1,2,4]triazole-1-c arbonyl)sulfamoyl]benzoate, sodium salt.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2068):Article. I. Section. 8. Clause 1. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; By extension of this Clause, Congress may also set the level of said duties including lowering them to zero where warranted.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 420 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4537, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 7, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ecf36028e892c9bf70a4e8c96e983fff2246fdeead1361babb2674fba094abb3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.